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Attorney
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Attorney
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Profiles of the Profession
Who?
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Environmental Counseling and Litigation, OSHA, Toxic Tort.
When?
Years in Practice Area:
Since 1981
Years in the Legal Profession:
Since 1981
Where?
Employer:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.C.
Size/Sector
250 attorneys in Southeast
City/State:
Columbia, SC
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Law School:
J.D. Delaware Law School
Other Post-Graduate Education:
University of Missouri - Rolla, M.S.
Undergraduate School/Degree:
University of Missouri - Rolla, B.S.
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Broad, constantly changing, technical/scientific understanding
a must.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Contracts, science, tort, constitutional, regulatory and administrative
law, evidence and civil procedures.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice
Area:
These days it may help to pick a subspecialty such as air, water
or waste to create a real specialty in this broad field.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Engineering school and practiced engineering in large corporation;
law school at night then later entered private practice.
Influences and Mentors:
Too many DuPont managers to name, Claude Scarborough at my current
firm.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
Inside EPA, Environmental Reporter, Tort Reporter.
Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s):
Personal Introduction.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
ABA Women Rainmakers, Environmental Litigation Section, Energy
and Environemntal Section, Pennsylvania Bar, District of Columbia
Bar, South Carolina Bar, Richland County Bar.
Recent Professional Publications:
Title V Permit Enforcement, South Carolina Business Journal.
Recent Professional Publications:
Mock Trial - NSR Enforcement, ABA Environmental Litigation Section
Meeting in Aspen, CO.
Memorable Career Moment:
Elected President Carolina Air Pollution Control Association;
Issuance of first and only subtitle D landfill permit for Greenfield
facility in South Carolina.
Intriguing Interests:
Reading, Skiing.
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